To expand suddenly with great force, a loud noise and release energy because of strong inner pressure due to a violent chemical or physical reaction.
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Examples for "explode "
Examples for "explode "
1 Water shortages are a global problem as populations soar and cities explode .
2 Mark didn't want the situation to explode into something they'd all regret.
3 He certainly hadn't made the lights explode simply by looking at them.
4 Costs could explode because the bill sets crop support rates too high.
5 The first shuttle to explode had actually not left the ship yet.
1 I shall detonate it when the ship is in an optimum position.
2 You need two people to enter the code simultaneously or it'll detonate .
3 The note said: Don't go to the cops or I will detonate .
4 Convinced I am a ticking bomb that could detonate at any moment.
5 They'll be in a position to detonate their mines and devastate everything.
1 It came to me suddenly: he meant to blow up the Intendance.
2 First, he judged it necessary to blow up the bridge of Demir-Hissar.
3 He could not blow up one of these bubbles on the spring.
4 Gas of northern metaphysics to blow up Broad Church bishops like balloons.
5 The wind begins to blow up sharply, though it was very pleasant.
1 Cats and daenids and other more exotic things, like the rooks in the garret, all of them disploded with a gory popping sound.
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